Report on uses really necessary?

I’m writing in response to the Thursday front page article, “Report details best uses for Everett mill site,” pertaining to the report the city of Everett commissioned to find the best uses for the site. After reading the article carefully, I was a little confused as to just why the report was necessary.

Is there no one who works for the city of Everett who is smart enough to know if there are train tracks, then a company who uses rail services would be a likely prospect, or if there is deep water frontage (2,500 feet) someone who needs water access could find this property appealing? There is very little, probably 5 percent, of this report that is not already known, or obvious, to the average citizen.

I guess my confusion is why they needed this report at all considering, as the article says “Ultimately, it’s Kimberly-Clark that will choose a buyer.” Although, once again, I have to admit my confusion as to the study being done for the Port of Everett marina area, after wasting millions of taxpayer money on the previous venture. (Article, “Port of Everett resumes waterfront development.”) I guess I should consider myself lucky I live in Mukilteo, we are going to list our house in the spring of next year and there are no reports or studies required.

Jim Thompson

Mukilteo